Romans 16:3 BSB — MannaFest

Romans 16:3

Greet Prisca and Aquila, my fellow workers in Christ Jesus,

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

Salute Prisca and Aquila my fellow-workers in Christ Jesus,

KJV

Greet Priscilla and Aquila my helpers in Christ Jesus:

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Commentary

4 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Greet Priscilla and Aquila - Salute; implying the apostle’s kind remembrance of them, and his wishes for their welfare. Priscilla - Priscilla was the wife of Aquila. They are mentioned in Act 18:2, Act 18:26; 1Co 16:19. Paul at first found them at Corinth. Aquila was a Jew, born in Pontus, who had resided at Rome, and who had left Rome, and come to Corinth, when Claudius expelled the Jews from Rome; see the notes at Act 18:2. It is probable that they were converted under the preaching of Paul.

The record, by era

The Reformation1 voice

John Calvin

1509–1564

Commentaries (1554)

It is a singular honor which he ascribes here to Prisca and Aquila, especially with regard to a woman. The modesty of the holy man does on this account more clearly shine forth; for he disdained not to have a woman as his associate in the work of the Lord; nor was he ashamed to confess this. She was the wife of Aquila, and Luke calls her Priscilla.

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

He calls them his helpers in Christ Jesus, by private instructions and converse furthering the success of Paul's public preaching, one instance of which we have in their instructing Apollos, Acts xviii. Those are helpers to faithful ministers that lay out themselves in their families and among their neighbours to do good to souls.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Salute Priscilla--The true reading here is "Prisca" (as in 2Ti 4:19), a contracted form of Priscilla, as "Silas" of "Silvanus." and Aquila my helpers--The wife is here named before the husband (as in Ac 18:18, and Ro 16:26, according to the true reading; also in 2Ti 4:19), probably as being the more prominent and helpful to the Church.

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Original language & word study

10 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
Ἀσπάσασθε	Aspasasthe	do greet	G782 →
Πρίσκαν	Priskan	Prisca	G4251 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
Ἀκύλαν	Akulan	Aquila	G207 →
τοὺς	tous	the	G3588 →
συνεργούς	sunergous	fellow workers	G4904 →
μου	mou	of mine	G3165 →
ἐν	en	in	G1722 →
Χριστῷ	Christō	Christ	G5547 →
Ἰησοῦ,	Iēsou	Jesus —	G2424 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
2 Timothy 4:19
Greet Prisca and Aquila, as well as the household of Onesiphorus.
leads to
- Acts 18:2
  There he found a Jew named Aquila, a native of Pontus, who had recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla because Claudius had ordered all the Jews to leave Rome. Paul went to…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- 1 Corinthians 16:19
  The churches in the province of Asia send you greetings. Aquila and Prisca greet you warmly in the Lord, and so does the church that meets at their house.
- Romans 16:3–4
  Greet Prisca and Aquila, my fellow workers in Christ Jesus,
- 2 Timothy 1:16–18
  May the Lord grant mercy to the household of Onesiphorus, because he has often refreshed me and was unashamed of my chains.
- Acts 18:26
  And he began to speak boldly in the synagogue. When Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him in and explained to him the way of God more accurately.
Through
1 Corinthians 16:16
to submit to such as these, and to every fellow worker and laborer.
leads to
- Hebrews 13:17
  Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they watch over your souls as those who must give an account. To this end, allow them to lead with joy and not with grief, for…
- 1 Thessalonians 5:12
  But we ask you, brothers, to acknowledge those who work diligently among you, who preside over you in the Lord and give you instruction.
Through
Acts 18:26
And he began to speak boldly in the synagogue. When Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him in and explained to him the way of God more accurately.
leads to
- Acts 18:25
  He had been instructed in the way of the Lord and was fervent in spirit. He spoke and taught accurately about Jesus, though he knew only the baptism of John.

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Where the connections lead

04Related verses

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06About Romans

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Romans